Famous People with Name Jira

Jira Maligool            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Jira Maligool: a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. He's directed two films, Mekhong Full Moon Party and The Tin Mine, and was the screenwriter behind the international hit, The Iron Ladies.Jira started out in feature films as the screenwriter for the 2000 film, The Iron Ladies (Satree lek), which was based on a true story about a gay and transvestite (katoey) men's volleyball team that won the Thailand national championship in 1996. That film went on to be a box-office hit in Thailand and has been a popular feature at international film festivals. It was directed by Youngyooth Thongkonthun, who's gone on to direct a sequel to Iron Ladies as well as another comedy, M.A.I.D. and 2006's Metrosexual.

Jiranat Nontaket            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Jiranat Nontaket: a professional footballer from Thailand. He currently playes for Bangkok United in the Thailand Premier League.

Jiraniti Thalangjit            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Jiraniti Thalangjit: a Thai footballer. He plays for Thailand Premier League clubside Samut Songkhram FC.

Jirawat Makarom            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Jirawat Makarom: a Thai footballer. He plays for Thailand Premier League clubside Thai Port FC.

Jirawat Kaewboran            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Jirawat Kaewboran: a Thai footballer. He plays for Thailand Premier League clubside Samut Songkhram FC.

Karel Boleslav Jirák            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Karel Boleslav Jirák: was a Czech composer and conductor.From 1915 to 1918 he was the Kapellmeister at the Hamburg Opera and worked from 1918 to 1919 as a conductor at the National Theatre in Brno and Ostrava. From 1920 to 1930, he was a composition teacher at the Prague Conservatory, and principal conductor of the Czechoslovak Radio Orchestra until 1945.

Alois Jirásek            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Alois Jirásek: was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a secondary-school teacher until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice.